strontium
\stʁɔ̃.sjɔm\
The verdict
“strontium” is uncommon French (frequency #62,648 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,648
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément chimique de numéro atomique 38 et de symbole Sr qui fait partie des métaux alcalino-terreux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-strontium · strontium · French
strontium · rank #62,648 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,648
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH stoker
Nearest frequency peer: stoker (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « strontium »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Spitzberg
Spitzberg
37,356 corpus weight
- squares
squares
37,355 corpus weight
- stoker
stoker
37,354 corpus weight
- strontium
strontium
37,353 corpus weight
- structurali…
structuralisme
37,352 corpus weight
- submergées
submergées
37,351 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « strontium » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strontium |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \stʁɔ̃.sjɔm\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,648 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « strontium » en français
Rare enough to double-check
strontium is uncommon French at frequency #62,648 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \stʁɔ̃.sjɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for strontium in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is strontium, spelled S-T-R-O-N-T-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Élément chimique de numéro atomique 38 et de symbole Sr qui fait partie des métaux alcalino-terreux.
- 2Métal gris-jaune, mou et malléable, forme métallique pure de l’élément.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how strontium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’azotate de strontium entre dans la composition des feux de bengale rouges.
La transition displacive du titanate de strontium (SrTiO₃) est peut-être l’une des transitions de phase les plus étudiées en matière condensée depuis plus de 50 ans.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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